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Laser Madness in Facial Plastic Surgery
Arch Facial Plast Surg. 2002;4:6-7.
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LASER MADNESS is currently an epidemic permeating many specialties in
medicine. In facial plastic surgery, many articles written by physicians promoting
incisional and facial resurfacing lasers appear in both peer-reviewed and
non–peer-reviewed journals. These articles may read more like advertisements
than science, overestimating the advantages of laser surgery, while underestimating
the disadvantages and complications. Furthermore, the public's fascination
with high-tech procedures related to cosmetic surgery has further exacerbated
the unchecked outbreak of laser madness. Physicians should be intellectually,
scientifically, and economically honest with themselves and patients regarding
the benefits of laser surgery. Cosmetic surgery requires more, not less, accountability
than other types of surgery because expectations are higher and complications
can be far more damaging to patients and physicians.1
Contrary to public opinion, the carbon dioxide (CO2) laser
offers no major advantages over other surgical methods for cosmetic surgery.
Improvement in intraoperative hemostasis and immediate postoperative bruising
are the . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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